Display fixture



G. H. CRAWFORD.

Dl SPLAY FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED IAN.3I,1921- 1,405,569. Patented Feb.7, 1922.

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T 0 all whom it may concern." I I Be it-known that I, GEORGE H; CnAwroRD', a citizen of the United -St2LiZ6S,-16S1Cl1l1g at Lorain, in the county of, Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented: a certain-new and useful Improvcmentin Display} Fixturest and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, concise, and exact description of the invention,;such as will enableothers skilled in-theart to-whichit appertains to make and use the same.

V M invention relates to improvementsin display fixtures for shirts or other-like-merchandise, suchias pajamas, sweaters,:a=ndzthe -other position.

like." An obj ectiof thisinventionis to improve the face of display fixtures oiilthe' type above mentionechr whereby certainadvantages are gained which have heretofore been absent ininventlonslotthis-class.

A turther-object'ofythe lnventlon '18 to provide an improved display stand whereby the merchandise :adapted to be displayed maybe exhibited in various positions.

Another object of the invention: is to provide a stand of this nature, which is more substantial, inexpensiveto manufacture, and which when in operation presents a pleasing appearance to theeye of the observer.

Another object er my. invention is to provide a'display boardifor the said display fixture having. a' portion of its surface cominglu'g of Fig.9. 4

posed of a yielding material, such as cork,

' providedin the form ofpads,whiehare in.-

tegrally secured in right andleft corners of the board, so that the"w.ind0w trimmer or other operator 'may. 'afl'ixlthe article 'to be displayed to the saidboard' by pins'or other like securing-meanaandwhich'pins are proj ected intothe corkpadscwith a minimum of effort. -I find that cork is. particularly suitable for this purpose, since it isof therequired softnessy-and when the pins; are .re-

he cor-kE-is :suififciently:resilient to close the holes into which the pins had' been "projected, sothat a= smo'otlrsurface is main- -1,.o n a reduced scale.

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l c Emil- Specification of Letters Patent. Patent e'd Fgb..'7, :flApplication' line-1 January 31, 1921. Serial no. 441,140.

ing which accompanies this specification,

and inwhi'ch' drawing- I p Fig.1 is a front View of-an-embodiment of my invention in the form of an improved shirt display fixture.- I 1;

F ig. 2 is a viejw: of the fixture of-Fim 1 taken from a side angleto thefview of- Fig.

Fig. 3 shows the shirt display fixture adjusted with its display board i-n'a different 1 angular position. Y L;

Fig.4; shows .the display board in still another position.

.Fig.- 5 shows thedisplay board in still an- Fig. 6.shows a re" r viewof the display board, the. stand supporting means being omitted. .1 f f .Fig. 7 shows a method of securingthe cork pads in position :within the display board.

Fig. '8 illustrates-a front'view of; the dis- ]play board with holes' to insert steel wire, whereby the pads 'may be secured to the board.

Fig. 9 is aside view of thesupporting lug which is: adapted to be attached to the r'ear of a display board. Inthis figure a phlrality of openings, Z any 0f which are adapted to receive the :neckiof the pedestal to adjust the display board todifl'erent angular posi- Fig. 10 showsa rear view. of the support- I Fig. :llshows, a sideof the display I board *With the 1 different, positions .whichzthe pedestal maytake'with reference to: the dis-v play board, depending on the connection made.

Referring. now to the. drawings, in: all of cork pads inserted atJCE and G, the saidcork vpads .being inserted in the-display board .-in

openings provided .fo'rithe purpose, the said -"openings passing all the way througli 'the' "board andthecork pads in thefo'rm of cir-' having the cork inserts of minimum which like parts I: are designated by liken reference characters, it will be-seen that at "2 I show a display board having a pair of board composed principally of wood described. 20 i area'placed just at the proper points where they will be needed only to attach merchandise, such as shirts. To the rear of the board 2, at 3 I show a strip, which pref- V in the'difierent figures;

The lug W is preferably semi-s heroidal or semi-egg shapecl- 'In the em odiment illustrated I have'shown the'preferred. form of my invention, wherein-the lug is nearly semi-egg shaped, except that one of the ends -I make much blunter than the other. This is for adjustment purposes, as will be later In the lug WI have provided a plurality of drilled holes A, B, C, D and E, these preferably being drilledatright angles to the surface of the lug whereat they are drilled, and by suitably itioning the said holes at a plurality o separated points on the surface of this lug, I am enabled to get widely varying adjustment results. However, in the case of the holes D and E, I

purposely drill the hole D at an angle less than a right-angle to the surface Whereat it is drilled, so as to diflierentialte the angular position'of the-board when the neck of the pedestal is inserted into the hole D from the position it would assume when inserted into the hole E. y In this way, as shown in Figs.- 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, and as illustrated in the diagram of Fig. 11, the pedestal stand and the board assume difi'ercnt angular positions relative to each other, depending upon which hole the pedestal stand neck is inserted, so that the "merchandise to be displayed, as in a store window, can be displayed at various angles, depending upon the effect desired to be produced u on the dow.

- I may insert the cork pads C merely by fitting them, tightly in the openings provided inthe board 2, but I have provided a reinforcing means, comprising crossed steel wires F and H, asillustrated infFigs. 7 and 8, which passthrou hthe bod of the cork,

the cork being pre erably mo ded, over the said wires, and the wires are anchored in holes 11 (see .Fig. 8).01: any other suitable manner. This reinforces the positioning of 7 the cork pads within the board, so that they may not readily be displaced. The area taken by the wires is negligible, and being round, a pin meeting them will be deflected and the wires will not interfere with the placing of a pin through the cork. f Having thus described my invention, I wish =it to be understoodthat while I have illustrated. the same in connection with a particulan embodiment, that it is by no means limited to the same, but is capable of being embodied in other structures different from that shown.

- lVhat I claim as my invention is: r

1. In adisplay fixture, a pedestal com prising a base portion, an upright support ing stem secured at one end to the base por-' tion, a display board, a lug adapted to be affixed to the rear of the display board, said lug being substantially semispheroidal and having its flat face in contact with the rear face of the display board and secured thereto, said lug presenting a plurality of sockets over its curved surface, said sockets being drilled substantially at right angles to the surface of the lug whereat the are drilled and having at least one hole rilled at an angle tosuch a direction, said stem being adapted to be secured at its-upperend within any desired one of the said sockets, said o display board having a plurality of countersunk cork pad circular wafers disposed within its face, secuning means to securethe said wafers to the said board whereby the said board'may be adjusted at various angles to the supportin stem, and whereby merchandise may be'pinned to the cork wafers to display the same.

2. In a display board, the combination with a pedestal, of a display boardfmember, means whereby the said pedestal and the said display board maybe attached at the upper end. of the said pedestal, a pair of openings extending through the said dis lay board at opposite corners thereof, the area of the said openings being relativelysmall compared with the area of the said board, cork pad circular wafers adapted to be inserted within the said openings, with the edge of the said wafers in intimate contact with the inside edges of the saidopenings, reinforcing wires embedded in the said cork wafers, and means to attach the said wires to the said board outside the said board-openin n witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 3rd da of December, 1920.1

. GEORG H. CRAWFORD. 

